Subject: Re: US and UK Launch Strikes
Here's the odd one:
Iran denies responsibility for drone attack against tanker near India
Tehran decries the US accusation of involvement in maritime incident as ‘worthless,’ says it’s an attempt to distract people from ‘the crimes of the Zionist regime’
On Saturday night, a Japanese-owned chemical tanker, identified as MV Chem Pluto, was attacked off the coast of India by what the US Pentagon said was a “one-way attack drone fired from Iran.”
The drone attack on the Japanese tanker struck its stern and caused a fire onboard, maritime private security firm Ambrey said, adding that there were no casualties among the crew, though the vessel suffered some structural damage and some water was taken onboard.
The Pentagon statement said the Chem Pluto flew under a Liberian flag and was operated by a Dutch entity. Ambrey had earlier said it was “linked” to Israel and had been on its way from Saudi Arabia to India. The ostensible link was not made clear.
...[T]he attack occurred 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) off the coast of India, near Veraval...
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